diff --git a/varennes_single_processes/remove_nrcan_duplicates.py b/varennes_single_processes/remove_nrcan_duplicates.py
index b1adebf..baee47f 100644
--- a/varennes_single_processes/remove_nrcan_duplicates.py
+++ b/varennes_single_processes/remove_nrcan_duplicates.py
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ varennes_nrcan_centroids_df['ID'] = range(len(varennes_nrcan_centroids_df))
 # between centroid_x of polygons and centroid_y of the polygons
 # The tolerance can be changed to one or five
 tolerance = 3
-counter = 0
 centroid_x = varennes_nrcan_centroids_df['centroid_x'].tolist()
 centroid_y = varennes_nrcan_centroids_df['centroid_y'].tolist()
 feature_ids_all = varennes_nrcan_centroids_df['feature_id'].tolist()